“If you wouldn’t mind, could you join with me in a chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ for Paul Wesley who is here?” Daniel asked the crowd, taking a break from the promotion of his own show to give Paul a moment in the spotlight. “I’m gonna lead it, and here we go…”

Yes, then the cast and crowd launched into an enthusiastic round of ‘Happy Birthday’ that brought Paul out onto the stage to say: “Thank you so much. Daniel Gillies, I love you.”

These two have quite the bromance going. In November, Paul confessed his feeling for Daniel at EyeCon in Atlanta: “All I really care about is if Daniel Gillies likes me or not,” he told the crowd gathered. “If I was a woman, I’d be in love with Daniel Gillies. I’m not a woman and I’m in love with Daniel Gillies. He’s the perfect specimen. I was watching The Originals the other day and he looked so good in that suit. He was really still on the screen and then you see that little twinkle in his eyes. Gillies, I’m telling ya, he’s got that suit. I wish I could be as cool as Daniel Gillies.”